{"id":1335,"date":"2026-09-16T16:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:08:58","slug":"vulnerable-kids-records-caught-up-in-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/vulnerable-kids-records-caught-up-in-cyber-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerable kids&#8217; records caught up in cyber attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-8.png\" alt=\"data breach\" class=\"wp-image-1336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-8.png 800w, https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-8-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-8-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family of vulnerable children whose personal health information was accessed during a cyber attack on a healthcare provider say they are angry and worried after being informed 18 months after the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relatives of some children in Wiltshire and Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) received letters warning medical information may have been compromised at HCRG Care Group in February 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One woman said her two teenage nieces&#8217; received the letter and added: &#8220;This is appalling and really scary.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HCRG declined to confirm the scale of the incident, but said it included &#8220;a cross-section&#8221; of patients and the &#8220;complex&#8221; investigation had &#8220;only recently concluded&#8221;, accounting for any delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cm1j4edx4wjeo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cm1j4edx4wjeo\">More >>><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of vulnerable children whose personal health information was accessed during a cyber attack on a healthcare provider say<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/vulnerable-kids-records-caught-up-in-cyber-attack\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vulnerable kids&#8217; records caught up in cyber attack<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Vulnerable kids' records caught up in cyber attack","_seopress_titles_desc":"The family of vulnerable children whose personal health information was accessed during a cyber attack on a healthcare provider say - ICO Drops the case!","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"13","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[20,68,69,19],"class_list":["post-1335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-computer-news","tag-computer","tag-data-breach","tag-ico","tag-it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1337,"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions\/1337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}